Improving Community Care Lung Cancer Screening by Implementation of Centralized Support: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Implementing a centralized LCS program for CITC patients resulted in improved guideline-adherent LCS, increased appropriate consultative care, decreased care fragmentation and improved staff experience. Other VA healthcare systems should consider implementing similar centralized CITC-LCS programs.
Authors
- Joy Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6788-8989)
- Maura Campbell
- Anne C Melzer
- Brooke Hirsch
- Arianne K Baldomero
Institutions
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System (US)
- Pulmonary and Allergy Associates (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Published
- 2026-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annalsats/aaoag014
- Primary Topic
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00